Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .